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By Bate Felix and Amanda Cooper PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Strikes by French oil sector workers protesting proposed labor reforms spread to all the country's refineries on Tuesday, sapping petrol stations dry and creating delays for tankers at major ports. France has been hit by a wave of strikes over the past week aimed at forcing President Francois Hollande's socialist government to withdraw proposed new labor market rules. Striking workers have blocked fuel depots and oil terminals, disrupting distribution of gasoline and other refined products.

 

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